Chimney company in Oakland Park with free inspections

Restoring a worn fireplace often means keeping more than you replace, and our family team approaches restoration in Oakland Park that way. The company is family-owned and locally owned, and we handle the firebox, the hearth, the damper and the chimney as well as the finishes around them. The functional repairs and the appearance are kept as separate decisions.

Preservation guidance from the National Park Service favours repairing sound original material over replacing it. Where replacement is needed, it asks for new material that matches the old in look and behaviour. For a fireplace, that means brick and mortar matched to what is there, with a mortar no harder than the brick. It also means stone and tile set in a way that suits the original.

Firebrick and refractory mortar in the firebox are a different matter, because they are there to take heat, and the building code's fireplace section sets what they must be. Tell us which features you want to keep: the surround, the hearth tile, the brick face or the damper handle. Mention anything you plan to change, such as the fuel.

Describe damage you have seen, including loose tiles, cracked firebrick, smoke stains above the opening or a damper that no longer works. We separate cosmetic items from safety and function on the estimate. You can then see what must be done before the fireplace is used and what is about appearance only. Where a finish choice affects a repair, we explain how.

You pay nothing for the inspection, and the written estimate is free too, with upfront pricing. Restoration work you approve inside 72 hours of that visit's inspection is 10% off. We protect the room, clean up and haul away the old material. The written record of the work notes the materials we matched.